Speaking to POWER Breakfast ahead of court proceedings, DA federal executive deputy chair Natasha Mazzone insists the mayor is trying to do maximum damage to the party.

Mazzone insists their battle with De Lille is “not a political game”, but about rooting out corruption and putting citizens first.

“We remain a party committed to good governance and we will not let anyone regardless of their rank in the DA to compromise governance.”

She says the party will not allow their battle with De Lille to compromise service delivery in Cape Town.

No matter the court outcome, Mazzone insists the DA will abide by the court’s decision.

The Western Cape High Court will deliver judgment in De Lille’s case at 09:30 on Wednesday, after both parties argued their cases over two days earlier this month.

The embattled mayor took the DA to court after the party’s leaders “determined” that she breached one of its constitutional clauses during a radio interview in April where she said she would “walk away” upon clearing her name of the various allegations levelled against her.

De Lille had asked a full bench to rule on whether the cancellation of her membership for those comments, and therefore her removal from the Cape Town city council as mayor, was unconstitutional and procedurally flawed.

Her counsel, Dali Mpofu, SC, argued before the courts earlier this month that her removal was in bad faith, and was ultimately not about her membership, but her continuing to be mayor.